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Ecology Summary - Spheciospongia vesparium
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Ecology of Spheciospongia vesparium
 
Main Ref. Messing, Charles., 2010
Remarks Common on hard, inshore, shallow bottoms and on seagrass beds; less common on shallow reefs. Internal canal system supports an abundance and diverse invertebrate fauna. Known from depths between 0.5 to about 18 m (Ref. 85482).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

Marine - Neritic Marine - Oceanic Brackishwater Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies
  • supra-littoral zone
  • littoral zone
  • sublittoral zone
  • epipelagic
  • mesopelagic
  • epipelagic
  • abyssopelagic
  • hadopelagic
  • estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas
  • mangroves
  • marshes/swamps
  • rivers/streams
  • lakes/ponds
  • caves
  • exclusively in caves
Highighted items on the list are where Spheciospongia vesparium may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: sessile; Soft Bottom Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref. Messing, Charles., 2010
Special habitats Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref. Thomas, J.D. and K.N. Klebba, 2007
Associations commensalism;
Associated with Leucothoe barana (Ref. 82302); Synalpheus brooksi; Synalpheus pectiniger (Ref. 83410).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref. Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
Feeding habit filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref. Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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